Flint and Steel Item Number: 11.694.9018 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
A hide sack with flint and steel inside it. The steel has a double curve form, thicker than usual. Pouch has a jagged edge that Sean Standing Bear (10/24/2000) thinks relates it to lightening.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1933
What
- Name
- Flint and Steel
- Identification Number
- 11.694.9018
- Type of Item
- steel and flint
- Material
- steel metal, chert stone, hide and string
- Measurements
- “1 3/16 x 2 3/16 x 4 15/16 in. (3.0 x 5.5 x 12.5 cm)” ?
Who
- Culture
- Osage
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1933
Other
- Classification
- (not assigned)